Vocabulary science Flashcards
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Heredity
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Passing of genetic information from parent to offspring
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Genes
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Pieces of DNA that give instructions for characteristics
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Alleles
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Different versions of the same gane from 1 mother and 1 father
4
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Genotype
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Alleles you get from your parents
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Phenotype
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The observable trait
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Dominate
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Allele that is expressed when present
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Recessive
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Allele that is expressed when only 2 copies are present
8
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Incomplete dominance
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Alleles blend together
9
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Co dominance
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Both alleles are expressed together
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Homozygous
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Both alleles are the same
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Heterozygous
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Both alleles are different
